A couple in Costa Rica wanted to build a home inexpensively on their land outside San Jose, the capitol, and hired architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe, who transformed two 40-foot shipping containers into a 1,075 square-foot modular home for $40,000. Named Containers of Hope, Saxe stated, “The key factor was cost, …
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced H. R. 3275 on July 29, 2015 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to issue funding to owners of manufactured homes for the replacement of those homes with Energy Star-rated manufactured or modular homes, as MHProNews has learned from popvox. According …
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Berlin-based architect Sigurd Larsen built a house in Copenhagen that utilizes only three materials: a self-heated concrete floor eliminates the need for bulky radiators, double-glazed windows and eight manufactured wooden panels that help maintain heat in the winter months. Floor-to-ceiling windows on the east and west sides catch the morning …
Danish Modular Home Utilizes Sun and Heated Floor for Warmth Read More
Port St. Joe, Florida residents are up in arms over the proposed siting of a manufactured home (MH) in their subdivision, according to whjg-tv, saying it will lower their property values. Some residents are not sure if it is an MH or modular, leading the city to put a stop …
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The modular home that placed ninth in the 2013 U. S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition is now up for auction by Reid’s Auction Canada Inc. Borealis, constructed by University of Calgary and Mount Royal University students features an array of roof-mounted solar panels that generates as much energy …
Although not all of their merchandise can be ordered online, Swedish furniture manufacturer Ikea has developed an entire modular house they will build and flat-pack ship to you for only $86,000. In conjunction with architecture by IdeaBox, less than dramatic would define this clean-lined abode. The 745 square-foot home, the …
A survey conducted by Inside Housing magazine in the United Kingdom says that over the next three years, 58.6 percent of the 22,544 homes planned by 17 of the UK’s largest housing associations will be constructed using offsite methods, including modular construction. Heathrow Airport’s Terminal T2A was modular construction, and …
Chilean Felipe Assadi Arquitectos has designed an 80 square meters (860 square foot) prototype modular home constructed of locally-sourced pine with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, requiring just 45 days to assemble. Offering a sustainable design as a less expensive alternative to a more permanent dwelling, the home is made so additional …
Chilean Modular Home Offers Expansive View of Surroundings Read More
As a means to deal with the high demand for housing in Liverpool, England, Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) has begun preparing home sites for 33 eco-friendly modular homes to be placed in Belle Vale in southeast Liverpool. The £3.5 million ($5.42 million) project will consist of 21 modular homes with …
Modular Homes Rising in UK Neighborhood Known for Prefab Homes Read More
Many people have likely forgotten Superstorm Sandy, as the third anniversary of that devastating storm that ripped up the Eastern Seaboard approaches, but in Connecticut, Westchester Modular Homes of Fairfield County has opened an office in Bethel, CT to continue dealing with the victims of that storm. As courant informs …
Modular Homes Still Rising in Wake of Hurricane Sandy Read More
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The Williams County Commission in Williston, North Dakota voted to adopt new guidelines putting restrictions on new or renewed applications for temporary housing as of August 1, 2015, as willistonherald reports. As the price of oil has fallen and the demand for oilfield workers has subsided, the commission is phasing …
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A variance request by Ridge Park LLC to allow for the placement of 28 modified shipping containers for worker housing was passed by the Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board in Louisiana. The property had been re-re-zoned in 2013 from Agricultural and Mixed Residential to R-MHP — Manufactured Home Park, …
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Following a story MHProNews last posted July 20, 2015 regarding the fire that has temporarily halted production at Keiser Homes in Oxford, Maine, sunjournal reports unfinished orders will be completed at one of the parent companies plants in Pennsylvania. While employees at the plant continued to ship homes to customers, …
Orders for Keiser’s Modular Homes will be Built at a Sister Plant Read More
As the housing recovery sputters along from the Great Recession, trying to overcome the lowest percentage of homeownership in 20 years (63%), even with the aid of artificially maintained low interest rates, people are moving away from the McMansions with their high maintenance and trophy appearance, and paying more attention …
Following a story MHProNews reported Friday, July17 regarding a fire at modular builder Keiser Homes in Oxford Maine, sunjournal reports the fire was contained to a lean-to where where wood was stored, destroying most of the wood and the structure, but did not affect the main building, the electrical system …
Keiser Homes Fire did not Damage Main Structure, Electrical or New Homes Read More
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A fire at modular homebuilder Keiser Homes in Oxford, Maine started around 4:45 this afternoon in a stack of plywood after employees had left for the day, according to a report by pressherald. Fire Chief Wayne Jones said the fire spread only about 20 feet into the building, and a …
Fire Starts in Wood Pile at Modular Homebuilder Keiser Read More
A Chinese company called Zhuoda Group is utilizing the 3D printing process to manufacture modular homes using a secret ingredient that they are not willing to divulge, according to 3dprint. It is not a cement base, as most 3D printed buildings are, but the company says it will withstand a …
